What Counts as an Indie RPG?

11/25/16

For people who are not exactly sure what
counts as an Indie RPG and if they should submit a game or not, if it fits the
definition or not. Well, it's a bit complicated, since there isn't just one
definition of what an Indie Game is, generally a game in which
"commercial, design, or conceptual elements of the game stay under the
control of the creator, or that the game should just be produced outside of a
corporate environment", is considered Indie. So it's not just unknown
games, some of the Indie games are quite well known actually (some often heard
of on /r/RPG like Apocalypse World, Numenera, Burning Wheel for example), but
generally are games that are not part of a franchise that controls the content
and limits the creators on account of profits. Games in which the creator
decides everything on their own and make the game they really want to make. For
me personally, Indie Games are games that have more heart put into them,
they're mostly a labor of love and it really shows (in the well made one, the
ones I'm looking for).

Also I have put together a Roll20 game for
this. The idea behind it is that anyone who wants can ask to join the game
(which will act more as a group) and we can plan games in there. Once a
party+GM is formed they can start their own game and have a go at the Game of
the Month. And maybe post their results and impressions in the game forum as
well as here on reddit. Whoever wants to join send me a PM saying you would
like to join the Roll20 group or go here and ask to join in the thread.

I'm really curious what new games we'll get
to discover this time around. Have fun everyone!